Dish lip plate attachment



1969 o. H. TILSETH 3,422,986

DISH LIP PLATE ATTACHMENT Filed March 20, 1967 FiyJ IN VENTOR.

0 r1 9 H. 77/.ser/2 United States Patent 3,422,986 DISH LIP PLATE ATTACHMENT (Brie H. Tilseth, 5045 Vincent Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55410 Filed Mar. 20, 1967, Ser. No. 624,372

US. Cl. 22085 1 Claim Int. Cl. 365d 25/20; A47g 19/02 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates generally to dinnerware accessories. More specifically it relates to devices attachable to dishes.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a dinner plate attachment having self-contained means for being secured to the rim of a dinner plate or other plate and which serves as an abutment against which a fork may move during the scooping up particles of food in the dish.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a plate attachment comprised of a singular piece and which includes a groove into which the rim of the plate may be readily inserted.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a plate attachment having an upstanding portion which extends above the plate to serve as an abutment for the fork.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a plate attachment which is inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to use and efiicient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of the following specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 11 of FIGURE 2, and showing the present invention in operative use;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of a plate shown fragmentarily and showing the invention attached thereto.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, reference numeral represents a dish-lip plate attachment, according to the present invention, wherein there is a one-piece member 11 which is readily securable to a plate or dish 12.

The member 11 is made preferably from a moulded plastic material having resilient properties so that it may be easily snapped over the rim of a dish. The member 11 is of generally elongated configuration and is of block-like configuration having a top wall 13, bottom Patented Jan. 21, 1969 wall 14, side walls 15 and 16, and opposite, parallel end walls 17. As shown in FIGURE 2 of the drawing, the side wall 16 is of generally arcuate configuration whereas the side wall 15 is generally straight.

The side wall 15 is provided with .a horizontally extending groove 18 extending the full length of the blocklike member for purpose of receiving therein the rim 19 of the plate 12. As is clearly shown in FIGURE 1 of the drawing, the lower corner of the side wall 15 below the groove 18 is partly broken away to form a recess 20 thereby eliminating the necessity of inserting the rim 19 under difiiculty into the full depth of the groove 18.

In operative use, the plate attachment 10 is simply snapped over the rim 19 of a dish 12 and it is ready for operative use. Instead of the necessity of a person to using a finger or thumb so to load the last particles of food upon a fork, he may simply direct with his fork the food against the side wall 15 of the plate attachment which thus aids in allowing the form to scoop up the food. Thus the present device eliminates the unsightly need of contacting the food with the fingers or thumb.

Obviously the device may be made in the pleasant colors so as to match or contrast with the color and decorative design of the plate.

I claim:

1. An attachment for a dinner plate or the like comprising: a block-like member of resilient molded plastic material having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls; and means providing securement of said block-like member to said plate said means being arranged between said top and bottom walls and comprising a horizontally extending groove extending throughout the length of the block-like member be tween the end walls, whereby the rim of the plate will be readily grasped by the block-like member when the rim is received within the groove with the portion of the side above the groove being of a thickness to serve as an abutment for an eating utensil which after abutting takes place the utensil is substantially only vertically raised to clear said side wall, the lower corner of said side having said groove being broken away to form a recess below said groove to allow' easy introduction of said plate rim into the full depth of the groove, and wherein the bottom of the groove is generally of arcuate configuration so as to generally conform to the arc of the rim of the plate.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 668,004 2/1901 Bergwitz 220 2,658,297 11/1953 Woolsey 22085 XR 2,940,634 6/1960 Wild 220-85 FOREIGN PATENTS 620,095 10/1935 Germany.

Raphael H. SCHWARTZ, Primary Examiner. 

